William Swift
United States admiral
Died when: 71 years 105 days (855 months)Star Sign: Pisces
William Swift (March 17, 1848 – June 30, 1919) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and briefly the Naval Governor of Guam in 1901.
He was court-martialed in 1907 for the grounding of the battleship Connecticut (BB-18), and briefly suspended from duty.In 1910, he headed the aptly named which reorganized the Department of the Navy prior to World War I.
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